Time magazine named Alibaba Group CEO Wu Yongming to its TIME100 AI 2026 list in the AI leaders category, citing his role in positioning Alibaba as a global AI open-source leader. Wu appears on the magazine's central cover alongside Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Sam Altman. ByteDance's Liang Rubo, SMIC's Liang Mengsong and Moonshot AI's Yang Zhilin were also included on sub-lists for leaders and innovators.

The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reports NVIDIA (NVDA.O) has paused part of its AI compute partner program that provided credit support to cloud providers in exchange for revenue sharing, less than two months after the plan’s July announcement. NVIDIA disclosed this week the proposed, typically six‑year agreements involve about $36 billion in commitments. Under the proposal, if a cloud provider cannot find customers NVIDIA would lease its GPUs to them to guarantee revenue and help secure financing; once provider revenue exceeds a base threshold covering chip depreciation, data‑center and personnel costs, NVIDIA would receive 50% of the excess. Some NVIDIA employees fear the program could prompt antitrust scrutiny over how much the company could shape customer operations. NVIDIA may adjust the program or fold it into other initiatives.

Pakistan foreign ministry spokesman said issues should be resolved through dialogue.